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apples

Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov, 1969)

Feb

5

apples

Иконостасът (1969)

A closeup of woman's hand moving an apple. The black-and-white photography is deliberately out of focus. DP: Atanas Tasev.

#FilmDinner #apples #ChristoChristov #TodorDinov #DimitarTalev #VioletaGindeva #DimitarTashev #MilchoLeviev #AtanasTasev #drama #religion #fantasy #holidays #Christmas #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★½

Dutchman (Anthony Harvey, 1966)

Oct

3

Mean Girls Day

Dutchman (1966)

Clay (Al Freeman Jr.) reading a newspaper and minding his business on a subway train home. Just arrived on his car is Lula (Shirley Knight) and her endless supply of apples. DP: Gerry Turpin.

The haunting retelling (beware of spoilers) of #Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.

“Bet you can't eat just one.”

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #MeanGirlsDay #AnthonyHarvey #Amiri Baraka #ShirleyKnight #AlFreemanJr #JohnBarry #GerryTurpin #apples #fruit #food #drama #racism #theatre #UK #1960s ★★★★★

Veneno para las hadas [Poison for the Fairies] (Carlos Enrique Taboada, 1986)

Sep

19

apples

Veneno para las hadas (1986)

Verónica (Ana Patricia Rojo) eating a red apple from a paper bag filled with fruit. The kitchen is spartan. DP: Lupe García.

#FilmDinner #apples #CarlosEnriqueTaboada #AnaPatriciaRojo #ElsaMaríaGutiérrez #LeonorLlausás #CarlosJiménezMabarak #LupeGarcía #fruit #witches #mystery #horror #Mexico #1980s ★★★☆☆

L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)

Jul

19

fruit

L'eclisse (1962)

Vitti as Vittoria in front of a fruit stand next to La Borsa, the Rome stock exchange located in the remnants of the Hadrianeum. The fruit in the middle is a Melone Mantovano, a type of cantaloupe. DP: Gianni Di Venanzo.

“I still can't figure out if it's an office, a market place, or a boxing ring. And maybe I don't even need to.”

– Vittoria

#FilmDinner #fruit #MichelangeloAntonioni #MonicaVitti #AlainDelon #GiovanniFusco #GianniDiVenanzo #eclipse #romance #apples #pears #melons #drama #mystery #EUR #Rome #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★★

Decoder (Muscha, 1984)

Jul

7

Milky Ways

Decoder (1984)

Christiana (Christiane F) and F.M. (FM Einheit) at their Sperrmüll table in a neon green-lit kitchen with supermarket shelving. The former junkie prepares a Schrippe with fresh produce while the musician has a selection of wrapped chocolate bars in front of him. DP: Johanna Heer.